Monday, February 4, 2008

WHEAT PASTE 101

I made Wheat Paste a long time ago so that i could go paste cool magazine pics on the surfaces of walls. It was simple enough to make, and i enjoyed practicing on my apartments laudry room walls....nobody ever complained. Anyway, i'm gonna get back into it, so that i can plaster some shit round here in PDX. It's effective, cheap, easy, and is practically permanent so long as all the edges/corners are flattened to the surface. Here are actual instructions how to create it. When i did mine, i kept it in a bucket in my closet...needless to say, it rotted and stunk up my apartment, the smell was horrible, so don't do that....just use it all and throw any extra away! Have fun
HOW TO COOK IT

you need:

* hot plate and a little pot
* beater (or fork)
* flour (white, preferably)
* water
* sugar


..so here's how to do it:



:: take 3 tablespoons of flour



:: add cold water and stir, until it's a runny mix


:: put one cup of water in your pot, heat it until it's almost boiling.



:: put the cold wheat-water-mix in it slowly while stirring constantly with the beater/fork. (leave the pot on the hot plate while doing this)

::bring to boil (just for a minute or so)


:: keep stirring!!



that's it.

if you want, you can add a tablespoon of (white) sugar while it's still hot, for extra strenght.

2 comments:

Breanna said...

are those your little crack rock hands in the photo?

Houndstooth said...

ya know dis!